Example Sentences

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Fan chants to fire coach Don Granato heard during home games of a recent swoon that will cinch Sabres missing playoffs for 13th consecutive season.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

On Tuesday, Ms. Hamm will compete to place among the top two candidates in California, and Audrey Trujillo, who is running unopposed in New Mexico, will cinch her G.O.P. nomination.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2022

That's just the thing will cinch his election.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

I will cinch this question by tossing up.

From The Statesmen Snowbound by Fitzgerald, Robert